Git: list only "untracked" files (also, custom commands)

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Is there a way to use a command like git ls-files to show only untracked files?

The reason I'm asking is because I use the following command to process all deleted files:

git ls-files -d | xargs git rm

I'd like something similar for untracked files:

git some-command --some-options | xargs git add

I was able to find the -o option to git ls-files, but this isn't what I want because it also shows ignored files. I was also able to come up with the following long and ugly command:

git status --porcelain | grep '^??' | cut -c4- | xargs git add

It seems like there's got to be a better command I can use here. And if there isn't, how do I create custom git commands?

git-ls-files git-status git-stage git-rm git
9 Answers

git add -A -n will do what you want. -A adds all untracked and modified files to the repo, -n makes it a dry-run where the add isn't performed but the status output is given listing each file that would have been added.

user_13131230

All previous answers which I checked would list the files to be committed, too. Here is a simple and easy solution that only lists files which are not yet in the repo and not subject to .gitignore.

git status --porcelain | awk '/^\?\?/ { print $2; }'

or

git status --porcelain | grep -v '\?\?'
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